The College of Law

common goal, to apply and be accepted into a college. College administrators choose which applicants to accept, except now many affirmative action programs require colleges to accept a specific percentage of a racial group. Affirmative action can be defined as a policy favoring minorities that provides them with equal opportunities for education or in the workplace.Oftentimes affirmative action is viewed as positive discrimination. Supporters of college affirmative action policies believe it is…

Do Race-Conscious Programs in Public University Admissions Policies Violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s Guarantee of Equal Protection Under the Law? Michael Gibbons, December 1st, 2015, Issue 17 Facts: Race may be used for public universities during the admission process to choose which students to accept. In theory by allowing race to be a factor in the process, it will help the country reach equality among all races and classes. However, some believe that it is a step backwards and that this…

Colleges should train their faculty and staff to enhance their handle on sexual assault. The school and the local law enforcement should be in sync with one another when a student reports that an assault has happened on their campus where they are living or attending school. Sexual assault on college campuses has been an elevating problem for several years. Due to the growing issue of sexual attacks Because on college campuses, in the year of 1972 congress had created the Title IX of the…

Although state laws are important, federal power was more essential for the Supreme Court decisions and the establishment of the primacy of the judiciary in determining the meaning of the Constitution. John Marshall was one of the most influential Supreme Court Chief of Justices in American history. He leaned towards Federalist views and favored a strong government, but most importantly, he established that the Judicial system held a final say whether an issue was constitutional and supported…

of my educational career, starting in elementary school, it was repeated to me that going to college increases your earning potential. With this in mind I was certainly going to attend college but I never really thought about it as a way to increase my knowledge and skill in a field I was interested in. Unfortunately, my family wasn’t exactly supportive. I am the first person in my family to attend college and have had to be financially self-supporting due to my family’s financial background. I…

and in 1953 the College was named in honor of Bernard M. Baruch, benefactor, statesman, financier, and alumnus of the Free Academy. In 1968 Baruch College was established as an independent senior college of the City University of New York. US News & World Report, Forbes, and The Princeton Review, among others, rank Baruch College among the top colleges in the United States. Today, Baruch College enrolls more than 18,000 students representing over 168 countries; its student body continues to be…

concealed carry side is that all campus teachers and most of the students are adults, and as such, should be guaranteed the constitutional right to bear arms. The argument behind this view is that a constitutional concealed campus carry should allow all law-abiding citizens to legally bear firearms both for their own security and for the security of others around them. From a critical viewpoint, this argument is invalidated by the fact that, by the virtue of being concealed, the guns are not…

comes down to what these girls want to do with their futures. All of these girls want to have a bright future and to be able to have the chance to go to a top college and to better their lives. These girls have been working hard all through out high school to get the grades and extra curricular activities in order to get accepted into college. Yet, the one of the main thing is stopping…

criminal activities that had been going on throughout the history. For instance the act of murder and perhaps rape were made by Jesse Matthew recently, he raped and killed multiple women. Matthew is currently awaiting for trial in the killings of two college students. Murder and rape cases not only affects the victim’s family, but the local community also. According to Jesse Matthew’s ex girlfriend, she wrote a letter to defend him by stating that he was sexually molested as a child and that…

“We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy (Zahniser, J.D).” This quote was posted on a banner by protesters for women rights, Lucy Burns and Katharine Morey (Zahniser, J.D.). These are just two of many women that protested for equal rights for women. Alice Paul was probably the biggest pioneer for women’s rights. She organized the white house picketing campaign (Zahniser, J.D.). Alice Paul staged a parade of 5,000 people in 1913 (Crocco, Margaret Smith). She did anything and…